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Author | P. D. James |
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Language | English |
Series | Adam Dalgliesh #8 |
Genre | Crime, mystery |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Publication date | 2 October 1989 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 454 (first edition, hardback) |
ISBN | 0-571-14178-1 (first edition, hardback) |
OCLC | 20416380 |
Preceded by | A Taste for Death |
Followed by | Original Sin |
Devices and Desires is a 1989 detective novel by English writer P. D. James, part of her Adam Dalgliesh series. It takes place on Larksoken, a fictional isolated headland in Norfolk. The title comes from the service of Morning Prayer in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer: "We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts".
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